Curran eyes ‘balance’ as he prepares to lead Illinois Senate’s GOP minority

Curran eyes ‘balance’ as he prepares to lead Illinois Senate’s GOP minority

SPRINGFIELD – Senate Minority Leader-elect John Curran will take over a caucus that’s more than doubled in size by the majority-party Democrats. His goal: “Bring balance to state government.” “Because we’re going to produce better results with that balance for working families throughout all Illinois communities,” Curran said in an interview with Capitol News Illinois…

217 Today: 3M manufacturing plant causes widespread drinking water contamination along the Mississippi River

217 Today: 3M manufacturing plant causes widespread drinking water contamination along the Mississippi River

Friday, November 18, 2022 Today’s headlines: Local healthcare providers are dealing with a big surge in severe childhood respiratory infections. Urbana High School students are learning remotely again Friday as part of a continued investigation into threats made against the school on Wednesday. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is still a fundraising force even…

Midwest river towns looking for answers after forever chemicals found in water

Midwest river towns looking for answers after forever chemicals found in water

CORDOVA, Ill. – This fall, the towns and rural farmsteads along the Mississippi River received alarming news about their drinking water. Chemicals from a large 3M factory north of Cordova found a way into the river and their wells. Listen to this story here. The facility employs about 500 people and makes the adhesives used…